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'''Chantal Mouffe''' (born [[1943]] in [[Charleroi]], [[Belgium]]) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[political theorist]]. She is a [[Professor]] in the [[University of Westminster]] and she co-authored ''[[Hegemony and Socialist Strategy]]'' with [[Ernesto Laclau]]. Their thoughts are usually described as post-Marxist as they were both politically active in the social and student movements of the [[1960s]] and were thus active working class and new social movements (notably second-wave [[feminism]] in Mouffe's case). They rejected [[Marxism|Marxist]] [[economic determinism]] and the notion of [[class struggle]] being the single crucial [[antagonism]] in [[society]]. Instead they urged for radical [[democracy]] of [[agonistic pluralism]] where all antagonisms could be expressed. In their opinion, "...there is no possibility of society without antagonism," which is why they claimed that "society does not exist."
==Publications==
*''Gramsci and Marxist Theory''. London – Boston: Routledge / Kegan Paul, 1979. (editor)
*''Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical Democratic Politics''. London – New York: Verso, 1985. (with [[Ernesto Laclau]])
*''Dimensions of Radical Democracy: Pluralism, Citizenship, Community''. London – New York: Verso, 1992. (editor)
*''The Return of the Political''. London – New York: Verso, 1993.
*''Le politique et ses enjeux. Pour une démocratie plurielle''. Paris: La Découverte/MAUSS, 1994.
*''Deconstruction and Pragmatism''. London – New York: Routledge, 1996. (editor)
*''The Challenge of Carl Schmitt''. London – New York: Verso, 1999. (editor)
*''The Democratic Paradox''. London – New York: Verso, 2000.
*''Feministische Perspektiven''. Wien: Turia + Kant, 2001. (co-editor)
*''The legacy of Wittgenstein: Pragmatism or Deconstruction''. Frankfurt am Main – New York: Peter Lang, 2001. (co-editor)
*''On the Political''. Abingdon – New York: Routledge, 2005.
==External links==
*[http://www.wmin.ac.uk/sshl/page-1527-smhp=1 Chantal Mouffe's faculty page at University of Westminster]
*[http://them.polylog.org/2/amc-en.htm Wittgenstein, Political Theory and Democracy] by Chantal Mouffe
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[[Category:1943 births|Mouffe, Chantal]]
[[Category:Belgian political scientists|Mouffe, Chantal]]
[[Category:Feminist scholars|Mouffe, Chantal]]
[[Category:Marxist theorists|Mouffe, Chantal]]
[[Category:People]]
'''Chantal Mouffe''' (born [[1943]] in [[Charleroi]], [[Belgium]]) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[political theorist]]. She is a [[Professor]] in the [[University of Westminster]] and she co-authored ''[[Hegemony and Socialist Strategy]]'' with [[Ernesto Laclau]]. Their thoughts are usually described as post-Marxist as they were both politically active in the social and student movements of the [[1960s]] and were thus active working class and new social movements (notably second-wave [[feminism]] in Mouffe's case). They rejected [[Marxism|Marxist]] [[economic determinism]] and the notion of [[class struggle]] being the single crucial [[antagonism]] in [[society]]. Instead they urged for radical [[democracy]] of [[agonistic pluralism]] where all antagonisms could be expressed. In their opinion, "...there is no possibility of society without antagonism," which is why they claimed that "society does not exist."
==Publications==
*''Gramsci and Marxist Theory''. London – Boston: Routledge / Kegan Paul, 1979. (editor)
*''Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical Democratic Politics''. London – New York: Verso, 1985. (with [[Ernesto Laclau]])
*''Dimensions of Radical Democracy: Pluralism, Citizenship, Community''. London – New York: Verso, 1992. (editor)
*''The Return of the Political''. London – New York: Verso, 1993.
*''Le politique et ses enjeux. Pour une démocratie plurielle''. Paris: La Découverte/MAUSS, 1994.
*''Deconstruction and Pragmatism''. London – New York: Routledge, 1996. (editor)
*''The Challenge of Carl Schmitt''. London – New York: Verso, 1999. (editor)
*''The Democratic Paradox''. London – New York: Verso, 2000.
*''Feministische Perspektiven''. Wien: Turia + Kant, 2001. (co-editor)
*''The legacy of Wittgenstein: Pragmatism or Deconstruction''. Frankfurt am Main – New York: Peter Lang, 2001. (co-editor)
*''On the Political''. Abingdon – New York: Routledge, 2005.
==External links==
*[http://www.wmin.ac.uk/sshl/page-1527-smhp=1 Chantal Mouffe's faculty page at University of Westminster]
*[http://them.polylog.org/2/amc-en.htm Wittgenstein, Political Theory and Democracy] by Chantal Mouffe
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[[Category:1943 births|Mouffe, Chantal]]
[[Category:Belgian political scientists|Mouffe, Chantal]]
[[Category:Feminist scholars|Mouffe, Chantal]]
[[Category:Marxist theorists|Mouffe, Chantal]]
[[Category:People]]
